Tameside boxer executed by hitmen had links to crime family locked in feud with police killer Dale Cregan
Kieran McGrath, 26, was gunned down after leaving the Sheldon Arms Pub, on Saturday night, around 10.25.
Kurdish protesters swarm Manchester in call for stronger action as Isis seize control of Syrian border town
Isis raised its flag on a building on the outskirts of the Syrian town near the Turkish border on Monday after an assault that has lasted almost three weeks
The Order of Chaeronea: Salford artist jets off to Texas to study poet behind world’s first secret gay society
Jez Dolan, from Manchester, will visit The University of Texas at Austin later this month to scour through the pages of a rarely accessed journal kept by George Cecil Ives from 1867 – 1950
‘We want power NOW’: Greater Manchester council leaders demand devolution to region BEFORE rest of UK
In a joint letter, published in yesterday’s Guardian, the council leaders of all ten Greater Manchester boroughs have called for greater autonomy.
Rise in reported human trafficking victims in UK means eye is on issue, claims Manchester charity
Hope for Justice believe the increase in reports shows that more people are now being identified and rescused from desperate conditions.
ChildLine joins forces with schools in £1million appeal to tackle abuse and neglect across Greater Manchester
Esther Rantzen CBE was joined by basketball legend John Amaechi OBE at the launch of a £1million appeal for ChildLine’s latest service which aims to join forces with 980 Greater Manchester schools
Family pay tribute to ‘cheeky little monkey’, 12, who died after tragic motorbike accident in Whitworth quarry
Logan Wood from Oswaldtwistle, suffered a heart attack after falling on a motorcross dirt track at Cowm Quarry, near Rochdale, yesterday afternoon
Smiles better elsewhere? Trafford named happiest in Greater Manchester as region falls below UK average
It’s all doom and gloom across Greater Manchester as new statistics claim the region is below the UK average for happiness and life satisfaction.
Top of the crops: Carrots named Manchester’s favourite veg in World Vegetarian Day poll
World Vegetarian Day, established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 and endorsed by the International Vegetarian Union in 1978, is marked annually on October 1
Oldham MP claims teen cancer patients like Stephen Sutton are left feeling ‘fobbed off’ before diagnosis
The Labour MP echoed comments made by Stephen’s mother, Jane Sutton, who has spoken for the first time about her anger after her son’s cancer was misdiagnosed as constipation for five months
Tuesday Team Talk: Those who say Man Utd’s title hopes will be boosted by European absence are wrong
Louis van Gaal’s suggestion that missing this season’s Champions League would hinder Manchester United’s Premier League ambitions goes against common thought